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i don’t visit to read my own posts, or, quite obviously, to write posts, but to access my daily allotment of blog reading (all those links on the side? i pretty much read most of those on a daily/weekly basis). but i just couldn’t look at a year+ old post heading anymore. so with no plan whatsoever, i’m blogging again. i had intended to do something new and exciting, something a lot more garden focused. but i just realized that i can’t limit myself to one thing. as soon as i said “hey, this is a garden blog now!” i’d want to write about cooking. or my kid. or something we’re trying to overhaul at the house. and then i’d get worked up because i’d backed myself into a corner and put all this pressure on myself to write about only one thing.

so i just decided to not do that. i’ve missed blogging not because i ever had any blog traffic, but because it was actually a pretty easy way of documenting my life. something i haven’t been doing so well at lately. i used to be such a devoted journal-er, but that has slipped into the “just don’t have time for that” category.

so now i’m just going to write when i can and not limit myself to posts about any particular topic, posts that have a million edited pictures, or even regular posts. and we’ll just see how it goes.

if you haven’t noticed, there’s a ton of great websites listed in “The Places I Go” section of my sidebar. and they only get listed if i actually visit the sites on a regular basis.

onyx feather is one such site. created by a bff from college this shop/blog centers around handmade vintage-inspired jewelry – a cool combo of reclaimed vintage pieces reworked into stunningly modern necklaces. categorized by different exotic locations, cyprus, paris and cairo were released earlier this year.

and to celebrate the release of the newest line, st. petersburg, onyx feather is hosting a holiday giveaway! just go here to find out more details on how to win this beautiful piece just in time to gift it to yourself or someone you love for Christmas! and be sure to check out the OF site to read about how 15% of all sales goes to support an amazing charity called invisible children. i mean, does this not define the phrase “the gift that keeps on giving”?

welcome to the new addition to the blog! from now on “almost eden” will hopefully be my outlet for all things creative and inspirational.

let me give you a quick tour: all the categories on the right are what’s going to live here from now on. any posts that fit one of those categories from the old blog have been moved here. so that’s the explanation for the spotty dates of the posts. hopefully i’ll get into the groove of having two blogs, so bear with me. in the meantime, take a look around, make yourself at home, put your feet up and stay awhile.